Boyfriend Arrested After Woman Records Him Striking Her 2-Year-Old Daughter

A woman in Arizona suspected her boyfriend of hurting her daughter. She set up her cell phone in the room which captured her boyfriend physically assaulting her two-year-old daughter, according to authorities.

Ora Carson II, a 25-year-old man has been charged with child abuse and aggravated assault. According to the Bullhead City Police Department, both charges were related to domestic violence. Carson was booked into the Mohave County Jail in Kingman, near the Nevada border in western Arizona.

Carson had been dating his girlfriend for several months. The woman noticed that her daughter frequently had scars and bruises. She set up her phone before leaving the room and later saw footage of Carson hitting her two-year-old.

On the evening of February 23, the woman recorded video of her daughter. Later, she saw Carson, allegedly “striking the 2-year-old multiple times on the head.” She immediately contacted police.

Officers checked on the girl and observed multiple bruises and injuries consistent with physical abuse. The mother also provided police with video footage showing Carson assaulting the child.

Police went to Carsen’s residence in the 1800 block of the Monterey Circle in Bullhead City, Arizona and took him into custody.

The child was was taken to a hospital for immediate medical attention and later transferred to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. Police said the investigation was going on as of February 24. Because the investigation is ongoing, authorities have not revealed further details. Bullhead City is on the western edge of Arizona, bordering Nevada. The location is less than an hour’s drive from Nevada

In another incident, a man from Florida was arrested and accused of aggravated child abuse after allegedly abusing and killing his girlfriend's three-year-old-daughter on February 19. The man, Jeroen Jarrel Coombs, allegedly used a rope and tape to tie the child so she would not remove her diaper. Authorities said he then punched her and dropped her on the floor, resulting in her death.

Deputies identified the suspect as 32-year-old Jeroen Jarrell Coombs, who was watching his girlfriend's daughter, Paisley Brown, when the incident occurred on February 19.

According to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a call around 12 p.m. on February 19. Officers arrived at a home near Ocala, located in the 16500 block of NE 44th Avenue. The call involved an unresponsive child who was rushed to the hospital by paramedics, where she was pronounced dead.

Deputies learned that Coombs was responsible for harming Paisley, the three-year-old child.

A press release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said deputies determined after taking Coombs into custody that he abused the child, resulting in her death.

According to deputies, Coombs called his girlfriend instead of 911 to inform about Paisley. The call was made just before 11 a.m. on February 19 ,when he informed Paisley's mother that the 3-year-old was unresponsive. Deputies said no one dialed 911 for about 40 minutes after the call.

After deputies confronted him about the bruising and the ligature marks, he finally confessed, authorities said. According to deputies, Coombs "admitted to causing the injuries that led to her death."